Guide for loading bundles



March 31, 1953 DQRSEY GUIDE FOR LQADING BUNDLES Filed Dec. 21, 1951 a my, m w Z L w; D

w W D NNA Patented Mar. 31, 1953 GUIDE FOR LOADING BUNDLES Roland L. Dorsey, Trenton, N. J., assignor to United States Steel Corporation, a corporation of New Jersey Application December 21, 1951, Serial No. 262,837

4 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved guide for loading bundles of wire or rod on payoff reels.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved guide which enables bundles to be dropped on a reel directly from a crane hook and assures that such bundles are positioned properly for paying off.

A more specific object is to provide an improved guide which is adapted to be fixed to the top of a payoff reel and which includes a bracket and a foldable arm, the upper edges of which are adapted to guide bundles onto the reel, and in which the arm moves to an out-of-the-Way position when not in use.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I have provided improved details of structure, a single form of which is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a side elevational view of a payoff reel equipped with an improved guide which embodies features of the present invention;

Figure 2 is an elevational view taken at right angles to Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view similar to Figure 1, but showing the guide in its folded position.

The drawing shows a payoff reel or swift l which is rotatably supported on a stationary base l2. The reel supports bundles of Wire or rod R. for paying off in the usual manner, and can be of any standard or desired construction and therefore is not shown nor described in detail.

In accordance with the present invention, a guide, which comprises a bracket [3 and a foldable arm I4, is bolted to the top of reel Ill, The upper end of the bracket is bifurcated, as indicated at [5 (Figure 2) and the lower end of the arm fits therein, where it is pivotally attached by a bolt IS. The arm has an integral depending lug H which is adapted to engage the back of the bracket for holding the arm in its operative position (Figure 1). When the arm is thus positioned, its upper edge and the upper edge of the bracket lie in a substantially straight line inclined to the axis of the reel at approximately 45. When the guide is not in use, its arm l4 can be folded down over its bracket l3 where it is out of the way (Figure 2).

In operation, when it is desired to load a bundle on the reel, arm 14 first is raised to its operative position. A crane hook l8, which is carried by any suitable crane or hoist mechanism not shown, places the bundle against the inclined upper edge of the guide. The crane hook is lowered and the bundle slides down this inclined edge, over the upper end of the arm, and drops to its payoff position on the reel. Thereafter arm I4 is folded back to its out-of-the-way position, and the bundle is ready for paying off.

From the foregoing description it is seen that the present invention furnishes a guide of simple construction for automatically positioning bundles on payoff reels. In previous practice with which I am familiar, this operation was performed manually and has been hazardous to workmen. The present invention thus facilitates the operation, as well as eliminating the hazard.

While I have shown and described only a single embodiment of the invention, it is apparent that modifications may arise. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the disclosure set forth but only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A guide for loading bundles on payoff reels comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to the top of a reel and having an inclined upper edge, and an arm pivoted to the top of said bracket and adapted to be moved to operative and out-of-the-way positions, said arm having a lug adapted to engage the back of said bracket for holding the arm in its operative position, the upper edges of said bracket and said arm lying in a substantially straight line inclined to the vertical when the latter is in its operative position.

2. A guide for loading bundles on payoff reels comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to the top of a reel and having an inclined upper edge and a bifurcated portion at its top, and an arm pivoted to said bifurcated portion and adapted to be moved to operative and out-ofthe-way positions, said arm having an integral depending lug adapted to engage the back of said bracket for holding the arm in its operative position, the upper edges of said bracket and said arm lying in a substantially straight line inclined to the vertical when the latter is in its operative position.

3. The combination with a payoff reel of a guide for loading bundles thereon comprising a bracket having an inclined upper edge, means fixing said bracket to the top of said reel, an arm pivoted to the top of said bracket and adapted to be moved to operative and out-of-the-way positions, and means on said arm adapted to engage the back of said bracket for holding the arm in its operative position, the upper edges of said bracket and said arm lying in a substan- 3 tially straight line inclined to the vertical when the latter is in its operative position.

4. A combination as, defined in claim 3 in which said last named means is in the form of 2. lug depending from said arm and integral 5 therewith.

ROLAND L. DORSEY.

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